Family Forum / Parenting / Adoption / March 2008

adoption prayer

father of the fatherless, you give your children a home in which to
dwell; and like a loving mother you gather us into your household.  we
give you thanks for the child who has come to bless this family and for
the parents who have taken this child to be their own.  by the power of
your holy spirit, fill(names)s) of parent or parents) with trust ,
understanding, and affection, and through this child in our midst,
enable us better to know the mystery that we are all your children by
adoption, through Jesus Christ, our lord...

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